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3 May, 2016

Tag once, read anywhere: Write metadata back to the original file with Gallery Server 4

By Roger Martin| 2016-12-01T16:37:37+00:00 May 3rd, 2016|Tips & Tricks|0 Comments

Your tags, titles, captions and more are permanently stored inside the original photo in Gallery Server 4. Gallery Server has long been able to pull metadata out of photos and videos. And since 3.0 was released in 2013, you've been able to modify that metadata in your gallery. What's been missing, however, is the ability to push those changes back to the original file. Gallery Server 4.0 now adds this support. It is available in all editions except for Gallery Server Free. Why do you care? Because you don't want to lose your investment of time. Let's be honest here. You may be using Galley Server today, but what about in 10 years? 50 years? You — or your children/coworkers — may have moved on to something else. By preserving metadata changes in the original file, that data becomes permanently embedded where it belongs — with the file, not in some third party database. That [...]

5 Dec, 2014

Use dropdowns for easier data entry, better searching, and increased data integrity

By Roger Martin| 2017-03-09T11:33:01+00:00 December 5th, 2014|Tips & Tricks|2 Comments

[Updated 2017-03-09: The code snippets were modified to work in Gallery Server 4.X installations.] Gallery Server supports 75 pre-defined properties for your media assets, such as title, caption, and more. There are also 20 custom properties you can use for any purpose you desire. You can make any of these editable on the Metadata page in the site admin area. When you do, Gallery Server gives you a text box where you can edit the property. For example, here I’ve given one of the custom properties the name ‘Color’: When I am logged in as a user with edit permission, I can edit the value by clicking on it: This works well for many situations, but wouldn’t it be nice to restrict the entry to a list of predefined choices? For example, what if the only colors you want to allow are black, gray, brown, [...]

15 May, 2014

Gallery Server Pro 3.2 Released

By Roger Martin| 2016-12-01T16:37:41+00:00 May 15th, 2014|Announcements|4 Comments

Today we released 3.2, containing a number of new features and bug fixes. New UI templates for tag/people trees and tag/people clouds (Enterprise edition) View recently added/top rated media (Enterprise edition) RSS/Atom support (Enterprise edition) Drag and drop sorting Faster loading of large albums Improved touchscreen support Metadata editing in virtual albums Improved upload page includes new thumbnail preview Latest version of libraries: Entity Framework 6.1, Plupload, jQuery, jQuery UI, jsTree, jsRender, Web.API, and more This release is a free upgrade to 3.X license holders. To upgrade, copy the files from the upgrade package over your existing web application and merge any web.config changes into the updated web.config file. More details, including help for new installations and upgrades for other scenarios are in the Administrator’s Guide. The demos have been updated to 3.2, so check out the new features. New UI templates (Enterprise edition) Enterprise license holders get a lot [...]

16 Dec, 2013

Save time editing media properties with multiple select

By Roger Martin| 2016-12-01T16:37:42+00:00 December 16th, 2013|Tips & Tricks|2 Comments

This is a great trick that lets you spend less time managing your gallery and more time sharing it with others. You probably already know you can easily edit the property of an album or media object using the right pane. For example, here I’m tagging a photo with the word ‘Bird’: Notice as I type I get a drop down showing tags that have been applied to other gallery objects. This makes it easy to reuse tags and prevent misspellings. We can also tag media objects from the album thumbnail view by selecting the media object and applying the tag: TIP: When selecting the thumbnail, be sure to click in the border area outside the image. If you click the image, the gallery takes you to a page showing the full size version of the media object. Okay, updating one media object at a time is easy enough. But [...]

31 May, 2013

Gallery Server Pro 3.0 Released

By Roger Martin| 2016-12-01T16:37:47+00:00 May 31st, 2013|Announcements|0 Comments

Two years in the making, version 3.0 of Gallery Server Pro is finally here! This is a major release and includes a tremendous number of new features and updated styling. Among them: UI rewritten using modern HTML5/CSS3 Resizable, dockable 3-pane layout New template engine lets you easily change the UI using only HTML/CSS skills Tagging support for media and albums Editable properties of media and albums Skinnable UI - ships with dark and light skins Two slide show modes - full screen and inline Looks great on any device - iOS, Android, Windows Phone, Mac, Linux, and Windows Improved video encoding Improved sorting Download Gallery Server Pro 3.0 New UI using modern HTML5/CSS3 The default skin is a gorgeous light text on black background: The new design was inspired by user feedback where I learned that images are best viewed against an 18% neutral gray background. The background color I [...]